A scene from the London stage manufacturing of "Again to the Future: The Musical."
Sean Ebsworth Barnes
The place we’re going, we don’t want roads — we want ticket gross sales!
The brand new “Again to the Future” musical, primarily based on Robert Zemeckis’ traditional 1985 science-fiction movie that starred Michael J. Fox, will open on Broadway in 2023, producers introduced Wednesday.
Sources advised The Put up that subsequent spring, the time-traveling DeLorean will land on the Winter Backyard Theatre, the place “The Music Man,” starring Hugh Jackman, is presently ready for the Wells Fargo wagon.
Wolverine will depart when his contract expires, and the oh-so-bankable star is not going to be recast, a supply near the manufacturing stated. Is smart. Jackman simply listed his West Village dwelling for $38.9 million.
I noticed the “Again to the Future” musical final summer time at London’s Adelphi Theatre. Fortunately, the present solely covers the primary flick, so there’s no Biff’s baseball e book or Wild West shootouts. And it’s very a lot a musical. Marty, Doc and George sing and dance in regards to the flux capacitor (“It Works”), after which sing and dance some extra about how George can win Lorraine (“Gotta Begin Someplace”).
The issue, sadly, is all these oddball songs. Not one of the new tunes by Glen Ballard are any good — an odd dream sequence quantity referred to as “twenty first Century” that begins Act 2 appears like a New Age cult ritual and needs to be axed pronto — however followers can be relieved to know that film favorites like Huey Lewis & the Information’ “The Energy of Love” and Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” are saved in and have 1.21 gigawatts of power.
And the nonsinging sections are nice enjoyable, too. Particularly the spectacular DeLorean that flies partly over the viewers, lights up and spins round. Broadway has been overdue for a brand new chandelier or helicopter from Britain.
No casting has been confirmed but, however the gifted British actor Olly Dobson performs Marty McFly in London and captures each inflection and mannerism from the film, and Broadway stalwart Roger Bart performs Doc Brown. Don’t anticipate to see Dobson, a manufacturing supply stated, however Bart, who tackled the same position in “Younger Frankenstein,” will probably come to New York — Christopher Lloyd wig and all.
“Again to the Future” boasts an excellent title that might attraction to vacationers, and it received this yr’s Olivier Award for greatest new musical throughout the pond over heavy hitters “Moulin Rouge!” and “Frozen.” However it additionally brings to thoughts one other manufacturing that performed the Winter Backyard again in 2014: “Rocky.” The boxing present had identify recognition, jaw-dropping technical achievements and a awful rating. It closed as an enormous flop.
We’ll quickly see simply how highly effective “The Energy of Love” is.
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